Revisiting the profound personal narrative and lasting cultural impact behind Lady Gaga’s fashion.
If you know me, then you’ll know that nobody has shaped my understanding of fashion—and by extension, myself—like Lady Gaga. My bookshelves are lined with biographies of the photographers and designers behind her vision; my walls are covered in my illustrations of McQueen ensembles and posters of Nick Knight photos; my wardrobe is bursting with spikes, fake blood, sparklers, and a collection of carefully groomed wigs and embellished shoes—a growing archive of annual Halloween endeavors.
As an avid advocate of gay equality, Gaga wanted to leverage the VMA’s as well as her newfound platform as a global sensation to protest “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a 1993 bill issued under Bill Clinton’s Department of Defense that barred openly gay individuals from joining the armed forces. The dress stood as a visual counterpart to her headline at a “For the 14,000” rally in Maine. In her speech “The Prime Rib of America,” she called on senators Susan Collins and Olympia J.
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